So that’s an increase in speed without the hassle of coping with new connections as it will use the same USB-C connecter design as USB 3.

The new information it does give us though is a timeframe for all this. With technical training on the new spec included in its upcoming USB Developer Days, we can confidently expect to see USB4 products in the wild by 2021, possibly even slightly earlier given that Thunderbolt is such a known quantity.